Photo: Don O'Brien · CC BY 2.0Camp Creek Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Camp Creek Township report 67 jobs, against 374 working residents. Camp Creek Township grades B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 3% of workers have no commute at all; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Camp Creek Township apart on work
Camp Creek Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 49 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 376 hours of commuting, 199 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Camp Creek Township is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Camp Creek Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Camp Creek Township has about 710 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 374 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Camp Creek Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Camp Creek Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Camp Creek Township’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: Camp Creek Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Camp Creek Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Commuting from Camp Creek Township: about 49 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camp Creek Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 663 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Camp Creek Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 373 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Camp Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far Camp Creek Township’s workers travel
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Out of Camp Creek Township to work: where people go
Where Camp Creek Township clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods, not services: 58% of the jobs in Camp Creek Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camp Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 31 → 67. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camp Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Camp Creek Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camp Creek Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Camp Creek Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 682 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Camp Creek Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Camp Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Camp Creek Township is 942nd of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 940 | West Mayfield PA | 1,163 | $55K | 7.6% | 10.6% | 1% | B− |
| 941 | Clay Township IN | 1,081 | $75K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 1% | B− |
| 942 | Camp Creek Township OH | 1,012 | $79K | 4.1% | 4.5% | <1% | B− |
| 943 | Shelton NE | 1,042 | $81K | 6.8% | 5.9% | 4% | B− |
| 944 | Greenback TN | 1,251 | $73K | 9.9% | 4.1% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Camp Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Camp Creek Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Scioto Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camp Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Creek Township | – | B− | D− | 49 min | $79,464 |
| Rarden Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 48 min | $36,786 |
| Scioto Township | 4% | — | D− | 39 min | — |
| Morgan Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $73,821 |
| Newton Township | 3% | C− | C− | 33 min | $75,341 |
| Sunfish Township | under 3% | D | D− | 50 min | $56,653 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Camp Creek Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Camp Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Camp Creek Township?
$79,464 (±$30,134) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camp Creek Township?
4.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camp Creek Township?
49 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camp Creek Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waverly (13%, 13 mi), Columbus (7%, 70 mi), Chillicothe (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Camp Creek Township walkable?
Camp Creek Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camp Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camp Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camp Creek Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.